Paul H. Edelstein, MD
Emeritus Professor CE of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Contact information
HUP - 4 Gates
3400 Spruce St
4283
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3400 Spruce St
4283
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2156626651
Publications
Education:
no degree (Chemistry major)
San Jose State College, San Jose, California, 1969.
M.D. (medicine)
University of California at Los Angeles, 1973.
Permanent linkno degree (Chemistry major)
San Jose State College, San Jose, California, 1969.
M.D. (medicine)
University of California at Los Angeles, 1973.
Selected Publications
Edelstein, Paul H: Legionnaires' disease, Pontiac fever, and related illnesses. Feigin and Cherry's Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases 2025.Narayanan N, Mathers AJ, Wenzler E, Moore NM, Giske CG, Mendes RE, Edelstein PH.: Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Breakpoints Against Haemophilus influenzae: Rationale for Revision by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute2. Clin Infect Dis 80: 481-482, Feb 2025.
Padmapriyadarsini C, Szumowski JD, Akbar N, Shanmugasundaram P, Jain A, Bathragiri M, Pattnaik M, Turuk J, Karunaianantham R, Balakrishnan S, Pati S, Kumar AKH, Rathore MK, Raja J, Naidu KR, Horn J, Whitworth L, Sewell R, Ramakrishnan L, Swaminathan S, Edelstein PH.: A Dose-Finding Study to Guide Use of Verapamil as an Adjunctive Therapy in Tuberculosis. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2024.
Behr MA, Edelstein PH, Ramakrishnan L.: Rethinking the burden of latent tuberculosis to reprioritize research. Nat Microbiol 2024.
Narayanan N, Mathers AJ, Wenzler E, Moore NM, Giske CG, Mendes RE, Edelstein PH.: Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Breakpoints Against Enterobacterales: Rationale for Revision by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute. Clin Infect Dis 79: 516-523, Aug 2024.
Fan J, Hale VL, Lelieveld LT, Whitworth LJ, Busch-Nentwich EM, Troll M, Edelstein PH, Cox TM, Roca FJ, Aerts JMFG, Ramakrishnan L.: Gaucher disease protects against tuberculosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 120: e2217673120, Feb 2023.
Lake MA, Adams KN, Nie F, Fowler E, Verma AK, Dei S, Teodori E, Sherman DR, Edelstein PH, Spring DR, Troll M, Ramakrishnan L.: The human proton pump inhibitors inhibit Mycobacterium tuberculosis rifampicin efflux and macrophage-induced rifampicin tolerance. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 120: e2215512120, Feb 2023.
Whitworth LJ, Troll R, Pagán AJ, Roca FJ, Edelstein PH, Troll M, Tobin DM, Phu NH, Bang ND, Thwaites GE, Thuong NTT, Sewell RF, Ramakrishnan L.: Elevated cerebrospinal fluid cytokine levels in tuberculous meningitis predict survival in response to dexamethasone. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 118: e2024852118, Mar 2021.
Whitworth L, Coxon J, van Laarhoven A, Thuong NTT, Dian S, Alisjahbana B, Ganiem AR, van Crevel R, Thwaites GE, Troll M, Edelstein PH, Sewell R, Ramakrishnan L.: A Bayesian analysis of the association between Leukotriene A4 Hydrolase genotype and survival in tuberculous meningitis. Elife 10: e61722, Jan 2021.
Behr MA, Edelstein PH, Ramakrishnan L.: Is Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection life long? BMJ 367: l5770, Oct 2019.